Underrated Alien3 probably provides the better entry point for those keen to immerse themselves in the new game's timeline. But we take inspiration from anywhere that's appropriate really.' Of all the movies, the Reference point film-wise, James Cameron's Aliens, Ridley Scott's Alien an also the original movie. 'There's good stuff in there.' (true, the credits were particularly pleasing) '.but to be fair our primary 'I don't think it's fair to say that we're ignoring the AvP films,' says Paul Mackman. However, there's the sense that the team are pleased to be going back to the source material that directly fed the Dark Horse comics, and Rebellion's own early game translations. The three senior developers fail utterly at revealing any inner turmoil that might exist over how the AvP backstory lias been developed in the time that it's been outside Rebellion's influence. One way or another we've been working towards making this game for a very long time.' 'Our passion for the AvP franchise lias never diminished. 'I think that's true for all of us,' interrupts Jones, pointing out that Rebellion have changed a lot since 1999. 'I'm coming to it as much of a fan as a developer.' 'I joined Rebellion just as A vP was being finished up,' adds lead designer Alex Moore.ġ played the title at university,' chips in producer Paul Mackman, keen to establish his veteran credentials at, the expense of arousing the suspicion that, being a student, it wasn't a legit copy he was addicted to. 'It feels like the franchise is coming home in many ways,' says Tim Jones, AvPs project leader, who like many on the team was around, albeit in a more junior capacity, when the original PC game was being crafted. This is in spite of Hollywood going Phantom Menace on what was a serviceable premise in the time since Rebellion last pitted US Colonial Marines against the galaxy's most persistant stalkers. Overlooked for the 2001 Aliens versus Predator 2 in favour of Monolith the Oxford-based team have every right to consider the franchise as theirs. back when Atari and SEGA made consoles and Doom set the benchmark for FPS fun.Īnd it's in this arena of game design excellence that we await the arrival of a new Aliens vs Predator, a full 10 years since Rebellion last had a go at the best movie mash-up since Godzilla went Technicolor on a guy in a gorilla outfit. There are some duffers, but most are far beyond average compared to when the first.Īliens vs Predator game appeared.

When You Think about it first-person shooters are pretty darn amazing: all-pervasive, all-conquering, and almost always excellent.

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